I'm just curious, not trying to push nor demand - after all, we are fortunate you spend your time keeping Python valid on OpenVMS

Hopefully, the new custodians of OpenVMS (VMS Software Inc) will approach yourself to look at the possibility of having Python released with new versions of OpenVMS and that they can assist you with the maintenance etc?

Is Python V3 even in the pipeline for OpenVMS?

I would like to see DCL eventually retired and replaced with something like Python as the native scripting language on OpenVMS (puts on flame armour after making that statement!!!).
DCL simply has too many short-comings these days to take OpenVMS forward in my opinion
DCL's lack of OO and cumbersome I/O redirection even when using pipe means for me that I end up having to write a lot of extra code around DCL's short-falls as a language and when you have to perform extra steps instead of being able to focus just on the problem at hand, then you know your language is holding you back